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1995 07 21 .. . FILE AGENDA CHANHASSEN SENIOR COMMISSION FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1995 9:30 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS Approval of Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. e' Approval of minutes dated March 24, April 21, May 19, and June 16, 1995. Visitors Presentation. Update on the Chore Program and Senior Linkage Line (SLL). Update on Senior Center Activities. Update on Senior Housing. Naming the Senior Housing Building. Senior Commission Comments. Adjournment . ** FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED TRANSPORTATION TO THE MEETING, CONTACT SHARMIN AL-JAFF AT CITY HALL (937-1900 EXT.120) AND A RIDE WILL BE ARRANGED. .' CHANHASSEN SENIOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MARCH 24, 1995 . Chairwoman Sherol Howard called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jane Kubitz, Bernice Billison, Mark Littfin Sr., Selda Heinlein, Barbara Headla, and Sherol Howard. MEMBERS ABSENT: Albin Olson. ST AFF PRESENT: Sharmin AI-Jaff, Planner II. APPROV AL OF MINUTES DATED FEBRUARY 17. 1995.: This item was tabled to the following meeting. APPROV AL OF THE AGENDA: Bernice Billison moved to approve the Agenda, Jane Kubitz seconded the motion. All voted in favor and the motion carried. VISITOR PRESENTATION. REOUEST TO START AN AARP CHAPTER IN THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN: Duke Hewitt, an AARP representative attended the meeting and stated that he wishes to start . and AARP in Chanhassen. He stated that AARP was founded on April 30, 1955. The program's vision is to serve and not be served. A group meets for fun, food, and frolic. They must meet 4 times a year. AARP has an office at the Mall of America. They must meet once a month or 8 times a year. The organization must have officers consisting of a presidents, vice president, secretary and treasurer. They are what makes the Board of Directors. Mr. Hewitt asked the Commission to consider starting the program here so that additional services can be provided in a proactive community such as this one. AARP has a publication called Modern Maturity. There is a $9.00 membership fee that goes to Washington. AARP is a non conservative strong political organization. The commission felt that the Senior Center was providing the services already. However, they requested additional information on the program to be able to evaluate it more and determine if there is a need for it in the City. UPDA TE ON SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES Commissioner Albin Olson was not present, hence, this item was not discussed. UPDA TE ON SENIOR HOUSING. The Senior Commission was informed that all plans have been submitted to the City and that the application for Senior Housing will be appearing before the Planning Commission on 1 . . . . Senior Commission March 24, 1995 Page 2 April 19. Staff recommended that the Senior Commission attend the meeting to show support for the project. UPDATE ON THE CHORE PROGRAM AND SENIOR LINKAGE LINE (SLU. The Senior Commission was informed that the number of calls continue to increase. The call are coming from all of Carver County. SLL, SAIL, and Metro SLL, has been visiting various Senior Centers. SENIOR COMMISSION COMMENTS. There were non. Billison moved, Headla seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned. Prepared by Sharmin AI-Jaff 2 CHANHASSEN SENIOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING APRIL 21, 1995 . Chairwoman Sherol Howard called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jane Kubitz, Bernice Billison, Mark Littfin Sr., Selda Heinlein, Barbara Headla, Albin Olson, and Sherol Howard. MEMBERS ABSENT: None. ST AFF PRESENT: Sharmin AI-Jaff, Planner II. APPROV AL OF MINUTES: This item was tabled to the following meeting. APPROV AL OF THE AGENDA: Bernice Billison moved to approve the Agenda, Jane Kubitz seconded the motion. All voted in favor and the motion carried. VISITOR PRESENT A TION There was none. UPDATE ON SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES . Commissioner Albin Olson stated that there will be a trip to Halasek on May 2. A mystery trip is in the planning stage. There will be a trip to Duluth and on July 2, there will be a trip to the Saints Ball Game. Preparations are being made for the 4th of July celebration. UPDA TE ON SENIOR HOUSING. The Senior Commission was informed that the Planning Commission recommended approval of the plans on April 19. The proposal will appear before the City Council on May 8, and the Senior Commission should attend the meeting to show support for the project. UPDATE ON THE CHORE PROGRAM AND SENIOR LINKAGE LINE (SLLl. The Senior Commission was informed that there is a new volunteer that has started to answer telephones. UPDA TE ON AARP CHAPTER IN THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN: Commissioner Littfin stated that he is not in favor of starting an AARP Chapter in the City. It will be a duplication of services that the Senior Center is already offering. The Senior Commission agreed with his opinion and decided not to pursue the matter any further. 1 . . . . Senior Commission April 21, 1995 Page 2 SENIOR COMMISSION COMMENTS. There were non. Billison moved, Headla seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion earned. The meeting was adjourned. Prepared by Sharmin AI-Jaff 2 CHANHASSEN SENIOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MA Y 19, 1995 . Chairwoman Sherol Howard called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jane Kubitz, Bernice Billison, Mark Littfin Sr., Selda Heinlein, Barbara Headla, Sherol Howard, and Albin Olson. MEMBERS ABSENT: Non. ST AFF PRESENT: Sharmin AI-Jaff, Planner II. APPROV AL OF MINUTES DATED FEBRUARY 17.1995: Littfin moved, Seconded by Billison to approve the minutes. All voted in favor and the motion carried. APPROV AL OF THE AGENDA: Billison moved to approve the Agenda, Heinlein seconded the motion. All voted in favor and the motion carried. VISITOR PRESENTATION: PRESENTATION BY ELIM CARE. BOB DAHL. CHUCK ELLIS. AND NANCY SOMAN. Bob Dahl stated the Elim Care is a nonprofit organization, 67 years old. It focuses on comprehensive services. Currently, it is working on services to allow seniors stay in their homes. The organization has 750 volunteers and over 400 . employees. Elim is a religious organization. Services provided include but are not limited to Health Aid, and Home Cleaning. 95% of residents use Home Cleaning services. They hoped to be able to manage the Chanhassen Senior Housing when it was developed. They also requested their name be added to agencies that will receive Requests For Proposals. AI-Jaff informed them that the decision will be made by Carver County Housing and Redevelopment Authority. UPDATE ON SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES The Women's Club toured the Weather Station. The next movie is Forest Gump. There will be a 4 hour refresher course on Defensive Driving. There will be an Ice Cream social, $0.25 per scoop. There will be an all day trip to Duluth that will cost $54.00. There will be a trip to the Minneapolis Loons Baseball Game. On the 4th of July, there will be a Senior Center Pancake Social from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The Nights of Columbus will do it for $3:00 or maybe free. If they do charge for it, all proceeds will be donated to the Senior Center. A new Senior Center Director will be hired to replace Dawn Lemme. 20 hours per week. UPDA TE ON SENIOR HOUSING. Staff informed the Senior Commission that the City and the County are currently working of finalizing the funding for the project. They have not started selling any bonds yet. I . . . . Senior Commission May 19, 1995 Page 2 NAMING THE SENIOR HOUSING BUILDING. The Senior Commission directed staff to put an add in the Villager requesting proposals from residents to name the Senior Housing Building. The Senior Commission will make a recommendation on the name and the City Council will make the final decision. UPDATE ON THE CHORE PROGRAM AND SENIOR LINKAGE I,INE (SLLl. The Senior Commission was informed that there is a new marketing campaign for the program. New brochures were distributed. Kitty Sitter stated that Chore Corp is part of this program, which is state operated. Therefor, the program funding should continue. The number of calls for April was in the 30s. More calls are coming in from the west. SLL has 3 new volunteers. SLL has an add that appears on Channel 17 at 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays. SENIOR COMMISSION COMMENTS. There were non. Headla moved, Billison seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned. Prepared by Sharmin AI-Jaff 2 CHANHASSEN SENIOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING JUNE 16, 1995 . Chairwoman Sherol Howard called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jane Kubitz, Bernice Billison, Mark Littfin Sr., Selda Heinlein, Barbara Headla, Sherol Howard, and Albin Olson. MEMBERS ABSENT: Non. ST AFF PRESENT: Sharmin AI-Jaff, Planner II. APPROV AL OF MINUTES: This item was tabled until the following meeting. APPROV AL OF THE AGENDA: Billison moved to approve the Agenda, Heinlein seconded the motion. All voted in favor and the motion carried. VISITOR PRESENT A TION: AI-Jaff stated that Olson Staffing was contacted to give a presentation to the Senior Commission. However, they did not respond to the message left for them. They will be contacted for the following meeting. Howard stated that they offer jobs for seniors in the western suburbs that pay $7.00 per hour. UPDATE ON SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES . On the 4th of July, there will be a Senior Center Pancake Social from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The Nights of Columbus will provide everything and it will be free for the seniors. Perkins will donate the pancake dough. The Senior Center had a guest speaker from Century Bank. It was requested that a member of the Senior Advisory Board join the Century Bank Advisory Board. The 4 hour refresher course on Defensive Driving was attended by 27 individuals. The Ice Cream social was not successful. UPDA TE ON SENIOR HOUSING. Staff informed the Senior Commission that the City and the County are currently working of finalizing the funding for the project. They have not started selling any bonds yet. NAMING THE SENIOR HOUSING BUILDING. The Senior Commission reviewed the names they had received and the following names were selected for the City Council to chose from: 1. Maple Leaf Heights 2. Centennial Hill 3. Arrow Ridge. 1 . . . . Senior Commission June 16, 1995 Page 2 UPDA TE ON THE CHORE PROGRAM AND SENIOR LINKAGE LINE (SLU. The Senior Commission was informed by Kitty Sitter that SLL received 33 calls last month. One third of these calls were Chore calls. The 1996-1997 agenda for Chore Corp did not get approved in its entirety. The State wants to get out of providing Chore services. They are currently working with Ridge View on this issue. This change will make their work more cost effective. There are currently 100 agencies that are signed up in the program. In order for the program to be cost effective, 1,167 vendors must sign up. Health Care is predetermined as a need. The Electronic Yellow Pages is looking at helping non SAIL counties with Information and Referral. However, they will not provided referrals. SENIOR COMMISSION COMMENTS. There were non. Headla moved, Billison seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion canied. The meeting was adjourned. Prepared by Sharmin AI-Jaff 2 CITY OF CHANHASSEN . 690 COULTER DRIVE. P.O. BOX 147. CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937-1900. FAX (612) 937-5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Senior Citizen Commission FROM: Sharmin AI-Jaff, Planner II DATE: July 17, 1995 SUBJ: Naming the Senior Housing Building On June 16, 1995, the Senior Commission re d a list of names for the Senior Housing building. The three names that were favored tlj~ mgst are Maple Leaf Heights, Centennial Hill, and Arrow Ridge. Since then, additional nameswei~~ubmitted to the City and staff thought the Senior Commission might wish to evaluate th.e new t:I.~mes as well. The following is a list of the old and the new names submitted: . 1. Maple Leaf Heights 2. Centennial Hill 3. Arrow Ridge 4. Chanhassen Centennial 5. West Arbor 6. Ridgebrook 7. Arbor Ridge 8. Arbor Heig 9. Maple Le 10. Centenni 11. Oak View Terrae 12. Heritage Hills 13. Friendship Manor 14. Morning Star 15. Chandler (representing elders in Staff recommends the Senior Commission select and recommend a name to the City Council for approval. .